Row over sweets turns sour as French village endures bread strike FOREIGN Edition

The few days of calm which ensued - during which the Lecontes bought sweets from the supermarket and got their baguettes in Verdun - seemed only to stoke up more acrimony. Out came the video cameras - on both sides of the Pelas-[Leconte] garden trellis - and each family started recording events. [M....

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Published inIndependent (London, England : 1986)
Main Author Alex Duval Smith in Paris
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London (UK) Independent Digital News & Media 18.08.2003
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Pelas, M
Pelas, Stephane
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Summary:The few days of calm which ensued - during which the Lecontes bought sweets from the supermarket and got their baguettes in Verdun - seemed only to stoke up more acrimony. Out came the video cameras - on both sides of the Pelas-[Leconte] garden trellis - and each family started recording events. [M. Pelas], who has baked the village's bread for 10 years, said: "There was the flower pot that was tipped on to my daughter's Wendy house. Then there was the paint-stripper poured on my wall. That lot cost me at least EUR150 (pounds 100). The people of Sivry will have to choose between their bread and my neighbours."
ISSN:0951-9467